Landfill Gas Energy Project Data and Landfill Technical Data
LMOP tracks key data for landfill gas (LFG) energy projects and municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills in the United States. LMOP’s Landfill and Landfill Gas Energy Database contains information about projects in various stages such as planning, under construction, operational, and shutdown, and is also a data repository for more than 2,400 MSW landfills that are either accepting waste or closed in the past few decades. Nearly 600 of these landfills provide LFG to one or more LFG energy projects currently in operation, for a total of 652 projects. EPA estimates that as many as 415 additional "candidate" landfills could cost-effectively have their methane turned into an energy resource.
The LMOP Database is not an exhaustive national inventory of MSW landfills and is not purported to list every MSW landfill in the country. Information in the LMOP Database is compiled from a variety of sources by voluntary submittal, is updated periodically and can change. LMOP cannot guarantee the validity of the data.
Projects
The LMOP Database contains LFG energy project information such as operational status, project start date and shutdown date, project size, energy end user, project developer, technology type, and details about LFG use. Hundreds of LFG energy projects are currently in operation with applications such as generating electricity, firing kilns, upgrading LFG into pipeline-quality gas, heating greenhouses and buildings, and providing steam for industrial processes.
The Excel files provided here include a full list of currently operational projects (and subsets by category), and a list of under-construction or planned projects.
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LFG Energy Project Data Files [July 2016]
- Currently operational projects (XLS)(1 pg, 226 K)
- Electricity (XLS)(1 pg, 157 K) [excludes cogeneration projects]
- Cogeneration (XLS)(1 pg, 43 K) [combined heat and power]
- Direct use (XLS)(1 pg, 61 K) [LFG use as medium Btu gas]
- Upgraded LFG (XLS)(1 pg, 38 K) [high-Btu or alternative fuel]
- Self-developed (XLS)(1 pg, 94 K) [developed by landfill owner or energy end user]
- Under-construction or planned projects (XLS)(1 pg, 35 K)
Project Profiles
These historical profiles highlight select projects and include information such as location, technology type, energy end user, and projected cost savings. Information contained in the project profiles was last updated in 2010, but stakeholders may find this information useful while examining opportunities to design new projects.
| Name | Project Type | State |
|---|---|---|
| Alameda Municipal Power and Palo Alto Landfill Gas Energy Project | Reciprocating Engine (three GE-Jenbacher 1,060 kW engines) | California |
| Altamont Landfill Gas to Liquefied Natural Gas Project | Alternative Fuel (liquefied natural gas) | California |
| BMW Manufacturing Landfill Gas Energy Projects | Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration - 2 gas turbines) and Direct Thermal (23 paint shop oven burners and indirect heating of paint shop) | South Carolina |
| Brown Station Road On-Site Electrical Generation Project | Reciprocating Engine | Maryland |
| Catawba County Landfill Gas Energy Project | Reciprocating Engine (three) | North Carolina |
| Centralia Landfill Leachate Evaporation | Leachate Evaporation | Washington |
| Clay Mining LFG Application | Direct Thermal (flash drying step used in the processing of mined clay) | Georgia |
| Crow Wing County Small On-site Boiler Project | Boiler | Minnesota |
| DeKalb County and Georgia Power Landfill Gas Energy Project | Reciprocating Engine (two Caterpillar 3520 engines) | Georgia |
| Delaware Solid Waste Authority Cherry Island Landfill Gas Energy Project | Boiler/Steam Turbine | Delaware |
| Earthmovers, IN Leachate Evaporation | Leachate Evaporation | Indiana |
| EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center | Boiler and Direct Thermal (furnaces and kilns) | North Carolina |
| Escambia County - Gulf Power LFG Energy Project | Reciprocating Engine (2 Caterpillar 3520C/SR4B generator sets) | Florida |
| Fred Weber-Pattonville High School Landfill Gas Recovery Project | Boiler and Direct Thermal (oil burner, rotary dryers, infrared heater, forced air furnaces) | Missouri |
| Frederick County Electricity Project | Reciprocating Engine (2 GE Jenbacher J320 engines) | Virginia |
| General Motors Ft. Wayne Truck Assembly Plant | Boiler | Indiana |
| Granger Energy and Rolls-Royce | Greenhouse, Boiler, Turbine | Indiana |
| Granger Energy Multi-User Project With Conestoga Landfill | Direct Thermal (boilers, hot oil heaters, process water heaters, remote thermal oxidizers, ovens, space heater, rooftop building heaters) | Pennsylvania |
| Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority and PPL Energy Landfill Gas Energy Project | Reciprocating Engine (two Caterpillar 3520s) | Pennsylvania |
| Greentree High Btu Landfill Gas Energy Project | High Btu | Pennsylvania |
| Greenville Gas Producers, LLC and Greenville County, South Carolina | Reciprocating Engine (two Caterpillar G3520s) | South Carolina |
| Hoffman Road LFG and Bay View WWTP Digester Gas 10-MW Project | Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration) (Combined Cycle-gas turbine & steam turbine and heat recovery steam generator) | Ohio |
| Honeywell LFG Energy Project | Direct Thermal (process heater at ammonia plant) | Virginia |
| Hyland Landfill Renewable Energy Facility-Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | Reciprocating Engine (three) | New York |
| I-95 Landfill - Infrared Tube Heaters | Direct Thermal (infrared tube heaters) | Virginia |
| International's Springfield Assembly Landfill Gas Energy Project | Boiler and Direct Thermal (process ovens) | Ohio |
| Iris Glen Landfill Gas Energy Project | Boiler and Reciprocating Engine | Tennessee |
| J.J Brunner, PA Leachate Evaporation | Leachate Evaporation | Pennsylvania |
| Jackson County NC Green Energy Park | Greenhouse and Direct Thermal (blacksmithing, metal foundry, glassblowing) | North Carolina |
| Jefferson City, MO Renewable Energy Project | Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration) (three GE Jenbacher JMS-320 engines) | Missouri |
| Jefferson Parish and Cytec Industries LFG Energy Project | Direct Thermal (process air pre-heater and furnace) | Louisiana |
| Jenkins Brick Jordan Plant Landfill Gas Energy Project | Direct Thermal (brick kilns) | Alabama |
| Lancaster County LFG Energy Project with Turkey Hill Dairy | Combined Heat and Power (cogeneration) (two Caterpillar 3520 engines) | Pennsylvania |
| Lanchester Landfill Gas Energy Project | Boiler and Direct Thermal (thermal oxidizers, heaters, ovens) | Pennsylvania |
| Lee County Generating Station | Reciprocating Engine (three 1.8-MW engines) and Gas Turbine (5.5 MW Solar Taurus 60 turbine) | South Carolina |
| MARS Snackfood US and the City of Waco Landfill | Boiler | Texas |
| Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority Small Engine Project | Reciprocating Engine | Virginia |
| NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Direct-Use Project | Boiler | Maryland |
| Newton County Renewable Energy Business Park LFG Direct-Use Project | Direct Thermal (4 direct-fire gas burners) | Indiana |
| Oak Grove Landfill High Btu Project | High Btu | Georgia |
| Ox Mountain Landfill Gas Electricity Project | Reciprocating Engine (six GE Jenbacher JGS 616 GS-LL engines) | California |
| Pen Argyl Green Knights | Gas Turbine (three) | Pennsylvania |
| Rutgers University EcoComplex - Greenhouse | Greenhouse (Boiler, Aquaculture) | New Jersey |
| Salt Lake Valley Landfill Gas Energy Project with Murray City Power | Reciprocating Engine (two 800 kW engines and one 1.6 MW engine) | Utah |
| Seward County and National Beef Landfill Gas Energy Project | Boiler | Kansas |
| Sioux Falls Landfill and POET Ethanol Direct-Use Project | Boiler (steam for ethanol production) | South Dakota |
| South Kent Generating Station | Reciprocating Engine (two Caterpillar 3520Cs) | Michigan |
| Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority (SECCRA) Landfill Gas Energy Project | Reciprocating Engine (one Caterpillar 3516 870-kW engine and one GE-Jenbacher 20-cylinder engine) | Pennsylvania |
| St. John's Landfill | Direct Thermal (lime kilns) | Oregon |
| SWACO Green Energy Center | Microturbine and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) | Ohio |
| University of New Hampshire EcoLine™ Cogeneration System | High Btu (piped to existing cogeneration gas turbine plant) | New Hampshire |
| Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant | Gas Turbine (two Solar Taurus 60 gas turbines with heat recovery) | Texas |
| Wood Road Generating Station-Lansing Board of Water & Light | Reciprocating Engine (four Caterpillar 3516s and three Caterpillar 3520s) | Michigan |
Landfills
The LMOP Database contains landfill information such as such as physical address, latitude and longitude, owner/operator organization, operational status, year opened, actual or expected closure year, design capacity, amount of waste in place, gas collection system status, and LFG collected amount. For landfills that report under EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), LMOP cross-references that dataset by including GHGRP’s 7-digit Facility Identifier.
The Excel files provided here include two full lists of all landfills in the LMOP Database (one with and one without project-level data), as well as a separate file of only those landfills categorized as "candidates" for LFG energy project development.
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Landfill Data Files [July 2016]
All landfills in LMOP Database
- Landfill-level data only (XLS)(1 pg, 646 K)
- Landfill- and project-level data (XLS)(1 pg, 668 K)
Landfills identified in LMOP Database as "candidates" for LFG energy
- Candidate landfills (XLS)(1 pg, 115 K) – LMOP defines a candidate landfill as one that is accepting waste or has been closed for five years or less, has at least one million tons of waste, and does not have an operational, under-construction, or planned project; candidate landfills can also be designated based on actual interest in the site.
Past Project Expo Sites
Project Expo sites are landfills that were featured at a past LMOP Conference as being interested in identifying project partners for the development of an LFG energy project. Below is a list of the Expo sites from years 2013 and 2014 that are still available for project development.
| Year | Landfill Name | State | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | City of Lawton Landfill | OK | Still available |
| 2014 | Eagle Ridge Landfill | MO | Still available |
| 2014 | Union County Landfill | AR | Still available |
| 2013 | Delta County Landfill | MI | Still available |
| 2013 | J.C. Elliott Landfill | TX | Still available |
Data by State
The LMOP Database contains LFG energy project-level data and landfill-level information. Select a state below for an Excel file of landfills and projects located in that state. This map also provides a snapshot of the operational project and candidate landfill counts by state.
The Excel files provided here are current as of July 2016. Excel files can be viewed with the Free Microsoft Excel Viewer.
**LMOP does not have information on candidate landfills in this state.
Counts on national map are current as of July 2016.
| State | Operational Projects | Candidate Landfills |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama(1 pg, 36 K) | 4 | 22 |
| Alaska(1 pg, 27 K) | 1 | 1 |
| Arizona(1 pg, 34 K) | 3 | 18 |
| Arkansas(1 pg, 32 K) | 4 | 7 |
| California(1 pg, 107 K) | 81 | 25 |
| Colorado(1 pg, 33 K) | 2 | 12 |
| Connecticut(1 pg, 31 K) | 3 | 2 |
| Delaware(1 pg, 27 K) | 3 | * |
| Florida(1 pg, 47 K) | 22 | 13 |
| Georgia(1 pg, 46 K) | 24 | 14 |
| Hawaii(1 pg, 28 K) | 0 | 5 |
| Idaho(1 pg, 32 K) | 3 | 3 |
| Illinois(1 pg, 50 K) | 33 | 20 |
| Indiana(1 pg, 48 K) | 24 | 10 |
| Iowa(1 pg, 33 K) | 5 | 15 |
| Kansas(1 pg, 33 K) | 5 | 9 |
| Kentucky(1 pg, 35 K) | 9 | 17 |
| Louisiana(1 pg, 35 K) | 6 | 6 |
| Maine(1 pg, 28 K) | 2 | * |
| Maryland(1 pg, 36 K) | 12 | 8 |
| Massachusetts(1 pg, 38 K) | 18 | 3 |
| Michigan(1 pg, 46 K) | 43 | 9 |
| Minnesota(1 pg, 33 K) | 7 | 4 |
| Mississippi(1 pg, 32 K) | 6 | 10 |
| Missouri(1 pg, 47 K) | 17 | 8 |
| Montana(1 pg, 27 K) | 2 | 3 |
| Nebraska(1 pg, 31 K) | 4 | 1 |
| Nevada(1 pg, 27 K) | 2 | 3 |
| New Hampshire(1 pg, 32 K) | 8 | 2 |
| New Jersey(1 pg, 35 K) | 19 | 1 |
| New Mexico(1 pg, 29 K) | 3 | 6 |
| New York(1 pg, 51 K) | 30 | 1 |
| North Carolina(1 pg, 57 K) | 35 | 13 |
| North Dakota(1 pg, 26 K) | 2 | 1 |
| Ohio(1 pg, 45 K) | 20 | 18 |
| Oklahoma(1 pg, 32 K) | 5 | 13 |
| Oregon(1 pg, 29 K) | 8 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania(1 pg, 50 K) | 40 | 10 |
| Puerto Rico(1 pg, 32 K) | 1 | 5 |
| Rhode Island(1 pg, 26 K) | 3 | * |
| South Carolina(1 pg, 38 K) | 14 | 5 |
| South Dakota(1 pg, 27 K) | 1 | 1 |
| Tennessee(1 pg, 52 K) | 11 | 9 |
| Texas(1 pg, 57 K) | 29 | 47 |
| Utah(1 pg, 35 K) | 4 | 8 |
| Vermont(1 pg, 28 K) | 4 | * |
| Virginia(1 pg, 46 K) | 32 | 9 |
| Virgin Islands(1 pg, 25 K) | 0 | 1 |
| Washington(1 pg, 36 K) | 7 | 5 |
| West Virginia(1 pg, 30 K) | 2 | 6 |
| Wisconsin(1 pg, 42 K) | 29 | 2 |
| Wyoming(1 pg, 26 K) | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 652 | ~415 |
